Spike.



F. WYNNE.

SPIKE.

PLIOATION FILED JAN. 14 191 Patented June 10, 1913.

FRANK WYNNE' FRANK WYNNE, OF BURLINGTON, VERMONT.

SPIKE.

Application filed January 14, 1913.

TO 0,7/ 'lP/&0117 it may camera:

lie it' known that l. FRIYK XVYNNE, a citizen of the United States,residing at lhu'lington. in the county of Chittenden and State efVermont, have invented certain now and use't'ul lmprov ments in Spikes,of which the tollmving is a Specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention Comprehends certain new and useful iim'iroveinents inspikes, and has for its primary object to provide a railway spiki withguiding and anchoring means, whereby the spike may he properlv drivenintp the tie without danger of splitting the lattcr.

Another object is to provide a Spike of this character having guidechannels eX- tending longitudinally of the sides thereof to receive oneend of the guide and anchoring means. the latter e-xtending rearwardlyof the spilce and having its free end directed down 'ardly and sharpenedfor engagement in the tie to properly guide the spikeduring the omrationof driving the same into the tie, said guidins and anchoring means alsoscrving to securely anchor' the Spike and pre- Vent. the same fromworking loose.

A further object is to provide a spike of this nature with longitudinalchannels formed in such manner as to provide the spike with eight cuttinedges. two such Cutting edges being' located at each corner of theSpike, thcrebv making it possible for the latter to propei'lv cut itswav into the tie without following the n'i-:tn of the material and(hel-ehv splitting the tie or hending the spike and throu'ing the headof the letter,

out n'l' its pl'opcr hol'izontal plane.

r\ still further ohivct is to generally improvc and silnplit'y theconstruction of (levit'cs ol' this character and increase the etticiencvand Valmof the same.

With these and other objects in view this invcntion consists of certainnovel details ol' construction. (combination and arrange- ]nent of partsto be her einafter more fully described ('laitncd. and illustrated inthe :N-mmpa:lying drawings. in which- Figure l, is a Vertical sectionalView through a portion of a tie and rail. showing' my illll'tH'Nl HDllvwith its guide and enntha-ing means einplovcd for securing the rail tnthe tie. the spikc being shown in elei'aiion with its lower pfin'tionbroken away while the anwhoring and socuring means is Specification ofLetters Patent.

l'atented June 10. 1913.

Serial No. 742,013.

shown in section. Fig. 2, is a top plan View of Fig. 1, the rail beingremoved and the spike shown in cross section. F g. 3, is anelevational-.view of the Spike guiding and anchoring means securedin atie, said tie being shown in section. 'Fig. 4. is a detail view of thelower end of the soike.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeranl 1' designatesthe body of my i-mproved Spike, and 2 the head thereof, with a portionprojecting for some distance beyond the body 1, as shown at 3, saidprojecting .portion preferably extending from the front side of the body1 and adapted for engagement upon the base-1 of a rail 5 of ordinaryconstruction, and positioned upon the tie 6.

The spike body 1 is beveled upon its front and rear faces at its lowerend to produce the point 7, and said bodv 1 is provide-din its sidefaces with the longitudinally 'extending V-shaped channels 8, saidchannels 8 terminating at their upper ends a short distance below thehead 2, the purpose of which Will presently be understood. The outeredges of the channcls 8 are positioned inwardly of the front and rearfaces of 'the body 1 thus providing two sharp edges at each corner ofthe body 1, said sharp edges 'extending substantially the full length ofthe body.

The guiding and 'anchoring means consists of a substantially L-shapedmember 9, formed of a flat Strip of material and having its short armbeveled from the opposite sides thereof, as shown at 10, and also fromthe opposite edges 11, at the lower end of said'arm to produce the point12, Whereby the short arm may be readily driven into the tie 6. The longarm has a substantially doVe-tailed shape Opening 13 formed in its freeend to receive the rear portio-n of the spike body l, the arms 14 formedby producing the opening 13, being adapted for slidable engagement inthe -longitudinal channels 8. It; Will be understood that the short'straight Walls 13' are formed at the inner ends of the arms 14 for thestraight portions of the sides of the body l between the rear cornersthereof and the rear edges of the longitudinalchannels 8.

When this device is to be employed to secure a rail upon a tie, thepoint 7 of the Spike l is positioned upon the tie 6 and the Spike driveninto the tie for a short distance, it being understood that the guideminor Changes may be made in thedetails'- 'end of the long ,armof...-the 9 is en- 1 Or the head 2, 'Will s'impz eause'the arms itudinalchannels 8 and preventmo'venientf 'end thereof duringgthisifii'st stepof the op- A eration. After the spike body 1 has been driven inwardiyfor 'a 'short distance, the guide and anehoringmeans', is moveddownwardiy. and the short arni' thereo driven into the tie until theiong mn rests upon the upper surface of the tie, The-operation of'driving the Spike' 1 intqgpstion-is then continued, it 'being eviden't"Lthe 'member 9se'rves .to ptoperly during'ite downwrd'hioveni lfter theSpike has been driven into, the tiejuntil the gaged in theupper 'ends of.the longitudinai ehannels 8, and the extended 'portion of v the head 2is engaged upon. the-basepf the rail, .it wil'l be' eident that-'the'member'9- willvserve to seen-::elly anehorjthe spiiszeand revent thesamerom working loose, as all stran upon, ,the upper end of. the-body 14to' bind against the s of the, lon'gi' of the spike in any direction. vF rom'the oregoing, it will be evident that I have provided a spike andguide sind anchoring means therefor of extremely 'sim'- pie constructionend Which will b'e highiy eflicient and dura-bie in use.

It Will be understOod-that While I have' shown the preferred einhodimentof my in vention ZOWeVer," I do not wish to be limited no this specificconstruction, -as

of construction within the Scope of the appended claims withoutdeparting. from the spirit of my invention.

What is ciaimed is 1. The combination With a Spike having ehannelst-heren, of anchorin'g and guide means having one arm slidably engagedin the spike dow'hw'rdly and terminating in apoint for engagement in atie; I

2.: The combination witha Spike eomprising a bodyiaving longitudinalchannels in its side: faces anda -head with an extended poi'tionprojecting .irom the frontface of the body, of ancho'i'ing means havingoue with which the spike body' is engaged.

iongitlidinal channels in the side faces of the body thereof, theouteredges of the channeis being spaded from the front and body -bein'gbevled upon its front' and rear -and anchoringjmeans having One endenthe side faces "of the body.

anchor means having adove-taii'edl Opening free-'end of one arm toreceivelone edge, 'fl a pike body, the arms .providing the.dove-Eaiiedopening in' the end of the or siidabie engagejmentin thelongitudinah site endof the 'guide .and anchor means is gagenient' in asolid member with whifi:: the Spike is engaged, said"downwar dly i'ectedend of the guide 'and nnchoriij means being-parallel with the Spike bodyIn testimony Whereof I her'eunto 'afixx signature in the presence oftwofwitnesse FRANK :WYNNE-n VVitnesses; v

- EUGENE LANGERINE,

said ehanneis and the other' arm directed Copics of this patcnt may beObtaincd fer five cents PETER LANGERINE.

each, by addrcssing the cominissioner ot mama,

Washington, D. 0."

'real' edges 01? the spike member, said spike ide' and enehoringmeansb'ing adapted directed' downwardly and '-pointed for-em;

arm slidabiy' engaged in the channeis of the.spike body, while the;other 'arm is adapted forxnga' ement with the material' The combinationwith 'a Spike having' 'faces at the lower end of the body, of. guide*gaged around" the :'ear portion of the 'Spike' kbod'y' and i'n-.the'longitudinal channels in The'eo'mbination with a 'spike having n-'hngitudinal channeis in opposite faces 1 of' fiteodjyportion, of anangular 'guide and ehannels of the 'Spike-body, while the oppo

